tabugi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tabuˈɡiʔ/ [t̪ɐ.bʊˈɣɪʔ]
  • Rhymes: -iʔ
  • Syllabification: ta‧bu‧gi

Noun

tabugî (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜊᜓᜄᜒ) (anatomy, dialectal, Batangas, Quezon)

  1. top of the rump or buttocks
    Synonym: sasapnan
    Naapektuhan ang aking tabugi nang madulas ako sa aming banyo.
    My buttocks was affected when I happened to slipped on our bathroom.
  2. croup
  3. coccyx; tailbone
    Synonym: kuyukot

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • tabugi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño[1] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 325
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 350
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier